There are very few mechanisms for graduate students to provide feedback to
their major professors on the quality of mentoring received during their
graduate careers. An article published recently in the Journal of Food Science Education (Dong, F.M. 2002. A Method for Graduate Students to
Provide Feedback to their Major Professors. Journal of Food Science Education 1:52-58) presents an anonymous survey that was developed by a
graduate student group in the School of Fisheries (now the School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences) at the University of Washington. The article also
presents the results of follow-up surveys of the reactions from graduate
students and the faculty. The anonymous survey is presented as one tool
that could be used to provide feedback to faculty to help improve the mentoring of graduate students.
Currently, the practice is not occurring in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
Faye M. Dong
Professor and Head
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
260 Bevier Hall, MC-182
905 S. Goodwin Avenue
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
